Buchanosteus Stensiƶ 1945 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Buchanosteidae

Parent taxon: Buchanosteidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Richardosteus

Subtaxa: Buchanosteus confertituberculatus

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Type: Phlyctaenaspis australis confertituberculata

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Taemas-Wee Jasper (Devonian of Australia)

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